Friday, November 26, 2010

Senator Rockefeller and Congresswoman Jackson-Lee Have the Censorship Bug


by Seton Motley


Will someone please get West Virginia Democrat Senator Jay Rockefeller and Texas Democrat Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee some Zicam?

The afflicted Senator Rockefeller was chairing yesterday’s television retransmission hearings when his self-described “little bug” caused him to swerve off on a censorship tangent:

Senator Rockefeller: I hunger for quality news. I’m tired of the right and the left. There’s a little bug inside of me which wants to get the FCC (Federal Communications Committee) to say to Fox and to MSNBC “Out. Off. End. Goodbye.” Would be a big favor to political discourse, our ability to do our work here in Congress and to the American people to be able to talk with each other and have some faith in their government and more importantly in their future. We need slimmed down channel packages that better respect what we really want to watch.

So the Chairman of the relevant (Commerce, Science, and Transportation) Senate Committee has a “little bug” which causes him to wish to grant the FCC sweeping new powers – because they do not currently regulate cable television – that would then allow it to throw Fox News, MSNBC and whomever else the likes of Senator Censorship wishes off the air.

Clearly the Senator’s condition causes him to forget or forego the First Amendment.

I would imagine the Senator’s little bug was agitated by the November 2nd election results. Which is when the American people – with more media outlets from which to choose than ever before – made the uber-informed decision to throw his Party out of the majority in the House and diminish its majority in his Senate.

Let us now flashback to November 12, when Texas Democrat Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee exhibited symptoms of having an older variant strain of Senator Rockefeller’s little bug. Appearing on the MSNBC the Senator wishes to see removed from the airwaves, the Congresswoman and her host, Equine Ed Schultz, had the following exchange.

Equine Ed Schultz: How are we going to make any progress if there’s somebody out on all these radio stations across America who is allowed to basically get away with racist comments, never challenged on it, and it goes into the ears of impressionable people – low information voters – who say “Yeah, that’s the way the Democrats really are.” I mean, I don’t want to say “Should there be a law against this” BUT where’s the decency? There isn’t any.

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX): That’s, you know, a very good question. As you well know, the Fairness Doctrine exists no more. It was interpreted that that was stifling the First Amendment. It might be worthy of a debate again. Because without the Fairness Doctrine, of course, there’s a wide latitude of the use of language that is provoking, provocative and insulting. You’re right.

Equine Ed Schultz: How about a decency law that says you can’t make racist comments on the air? I mean, there’s right and there’s wrong. We’re afraid to say what’s right and wrong anymore, what’s decent and indecent.

Ahh yes, that old chestnut the “Fairness” Doctrine. Which is like malaria; good and sensible people eradicated the disease, but do-gooder Leftists didn’t like the manner in which we did so – DDT and a return to First Amendment principles, respectively – so we are always in danger of a return of that particular little bug. (The continent of Africa could again use an infusion of both remedies.)

We certainly need to put a stop to our “wide latitude of the use of language,” eh Congresswoman and Senator? Too many channels, too much language – too much First Amendment free speech for our stricken representatives to take.

Again, I would dare say that the Congresswoman’s condition too was additionally agitated by the recent election. Being returned to the minority can’t be fun – best to seek eradication of a main reason for the results, rather than stand by and watch the electorate become informed against you.

Ladies and Gentlemen, we can rid ourselves of more of these little censorship bugs in 2012. The price of free speech is eternal vigilance, and of course biennial electoral inoculations.


Source: http://biggovernment.com/smotley/2010/11/18/senator-rockefeller-and-congresswoman-jackson-lee-have-the-censorship-bug/
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Thursday, November 25, 2010

Church or State? The Holy See at the United Nations.


Church or State? The Holy See at the United Nations. This special report by Center For Reproductive Law & Policy concludes that: " . . the status of the Holy See as a non-member state permanent observer in the United Nations is questionable. Moreover, there are doubts about whether, in 1964, the Holy See met the established criteria for attaining this position. . . the United Nations is creating a precedent for similar claims by other religions.

To ensure that the United Nations does not promote one particular religious view, religious entities such as the Roman Catholic Church should not be permitted to participate in that body as nonmember states. . . "

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Church or State?
The Holy See at the United Nations


The Roman Catholic Church is uniquely positioned to influence international deliberation on a wide range of issues, including population, family planning, and women's rights. Since the inception of the United Nations, the Roman Catholic Church has been an active participant in numerous international conferences organized by this powerful organization. Recently the Church has been involved in the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, the 1993 Vienna Conference on Human Rights, and the preparatory process of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development. In some of these conferences, the Church has taken high profile positions that have sparked worldwide attention and raised questions regarding its status at the United Nations. This publication provides information about the position and role of the Roman Catholic Church at the United Nations.

The Holy See and the Vatican City
Because the Roman Catholic Church has elected to participate in the United Nations as the “Holy See,” it is important to understand the historical origins of this entity and its current relationship to the Vatican City.

The “Holy See” is “the supreme organ of government of the [Catholic] Church,”1 with the Pope designated as its head in the Code of Canon Law.2 The Holy See consists of the Pope, the College of Cardinals, and the central departments that govern the Church.3 It is, by definition, a non-- territorial religious entity Prior to 1870, the Holy See was associated with the government of the Papal States, which had been created by Pepin-le-Bref and his son Charlemagne in the Ninth Century4 In 1870, Italian troops annexed the Papal States and granted freedom to the Apostolic Palaces in Rome. The Lateran Agreement of 1929, signed by Italy and the Holy See, finally settled that Rome was under the jurisdiction of Italy while the State of the Vatican City remained under the “sovereignty of the Supreme Pontiff.”5

The Vatican City is widely regarded as a “vassal” territory of the Holy See.6 Unlike any other modern nation, the Vatican City does not exist to support its citizens. Rather, its purpose is to provide a base for the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church. Only 0.44 square kilometers in size,7 the Vatican City is the smallest area in the world claiming to be a state.8 Its population is nominally 800 residents and 400 citizens, primarily constituted of Church officials who are there on a non-permanent basis.9 Italy carries out a number of official functions for the Vatican City by supplying the police force to patrol it,10 providing for the punishment of crimes committed within the city,11 and maintaining the water and railway systems for the area. The Vatican City is also dependent upon Italy for freedom of communications and transportation. 12

Status at the United Nations
In 1944, the Roman Catholic Church made tentative inquiries regarding the eligibility of the Vatican City to become a member state of the United Nations.13 Although the United Nations does not provide the international community with a definition of the term “state,”14 it does have requisite conditions for admission as a member.15 An applicant to the United Nations must: (1) be a State; (2) be peace-loving; (3) accept the obligations of the United Nations Charter; (4) be able to carry out these obligations; and (5) be willing to do so.16 Although the historical record is scant, there is some indication that member states viewed the Vatican City as being ineligible for United Nations membership. For example, United States Secretary of State Cordell Hull, in his reply to Vatican inquiries regarding possible membership, concluded that the Vatican City did not meet the requirements for admission.17 Article 24 of the Lateran Agreement binds the Holy See and the Vatican City to neutrality, and this policy of neutrality is regarded as incompatible with membership. In fact, the Vatican City has never made a formal membership application.

The Roman Catholic Church first officially participated at the United Nations when the Vatican City was invited to United Nations conferences through its membership in the Universal Postal Union and the International Telecommunication Union.18 In 1957, through an exchange of letters, the Holy See and the Secretary--General of the United Nations agreed to refer to the Papal delegation at the United Nations as the “Holy See.”19 Finally, on March 21, 1964, Pope Paul VI established the first Holy See “permanent observer” mission at the United Nations. As a result, the Holy See is regarded as a “non--member state” permanent observer.20 Switzerland is the only other entity that currently maintains non--member state permanent observer status.
The status of a permanent observer places restrictions upon an entity’s role at the United Nations, and these limitations generally vary according to the type of permanent observer status.21 There are no provisions in either the United Nations Charter or the Rules of Procedure of the Economic and Social Council (“ECOSOC”) that specifically refer to the participation of non--United Nations members in ECOSOC meetings. However, non-member state observers have been invited to participate in meetings discussing matters of concern to those states.22 Since the Holy See is a permanent observer, it cannot cast a vote in the General Assembly of the United Nations. But permanent observers have sometimes participated, on an ad hoc basis, in General Assembly discussions and decisions.23 The Holy See has participated in the General Assembly on several occasions. Pope Paul VI addressed that body on October 4, 1965,24 and Pope John Paul II did so on October 2, 1979. In 1978, the Permanent Observer for the Holy See addressed the Tenth Special Session of the General Assembly Devoted to Disarmament.

The Holy See has also participated actively in several United Nations conferences. Its position as a non-member state permanent observer has provided it with many advantages. Rules regarding access to and procedure for United Nations conferences are most often determined by the specific United Nations agency charged with organizing the meeting;25 the organizing body can thus determine whether it will permit a permanent observer to attend. Moreover, access to conferences convened by the General Assembly or ECOSOC is also established by the parameters set out by these United Nations agencies. Because the current United Nations trend is to provide widespread access to international conferences, participation in these meetings has been liberally granted.26 Recent General Assembly resolutions convening world conferences have invited “all States” to participate. States invited to participate in a conference in this manner are able to participate “in full, with full voting rights,” unlike the restricted manner in which other types of permanent observers participate.27 Because the United Nations treats the Holy See as a state, the Roman Catholic Church is able to participate fully and to vote in most conferences.

In granting the Holy See a non-member state permanent observer position, the Secretary-General of the United Nations was required to consult established criteria for a non--member state observer delegation. These criteria were whether the state had membership in at least one specialized agency of the United Nations and whether the state was generally recognized by members of the United Nations.28 At the time the Holy See was admitted as a non--member state permanent observer, it maintained delegates at specialized agencies such as the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Council for Cultural Co-operation of the Council of Europe.29 However, if “general recognition” is defined to mean recognition by a majority of United Nations members, the Holy See may have been incorrectly allowed to obtain non--member state permanent observer status. As of January 1, 1985, the Holy See maintained diplomatic relations with only fifty-three countries.30 Therefore, it is unlikely that the Holy See maintained relations with a majority of the existing 112 member states of the United Nations at the time its mission was established.

Status under International Law
The international legal status of the Holy See has been subject to scrutiny ever since it lost control over a specific territory3' After the annexation of the Papal States by Italy in 1870, the Pope continued to conclude agreements with some nations and to accredit and receive envoys.32 In 1929, with the creation of the Vatican City, the Holy See once again became associated with the government of a territory. But this territory can be regarded as an artificial construct that provided the Holy See with some claim to territorial integrity. While most international legal scholars would grant that the Holy See may possess “a degree of international personality,”33 there is considerable debate as to whether such personality amounts to statehood.

Even without an exhaustive review of international legal definitions of statehood, there are indications that the Holy See does not meet these criteria. According to the Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States: “The state as a person of international law should possess the following qualifications: a) a permanent population; b) a defined territory; c) government; and d) capacity to enter into relations with the other states.”34 These four factual criteria for determining statehood are founded upon principles that have been accepted by a host of international law scholars and are consistent with the foreign laws of some nations.35 The Holy See does not satisfy this definition. Almost by definition, it does not possess a defined territory Because the Holy See is the supreme organ of government for Catholics worldwide, it cannot be said to have a “permanent population.” Finally, the Holy See is itself the government of both the Roman Catholic Church and the Vatican City It cannot therefore be regarded as an entity that possesses a government. The only characteristic of a modern state that is attributable to the Holy See is its capacity to enter into relations with other states. The Holy See is party to international treaties and it, rather than the Vatican City, receives foreign envoys.36

It is equally uncertain whether the Vatican City satisfies the modern definition of a nation. Although it has a permanent population, a defined territory, and a government, the Vatican City’s capacity to enter into relations with other states is difficult to assess. The Vatican City has no foreign service of its own and no foreign ministry distinct from that of the Holy See.37 Article 3 of the Constituent Laws of the Vatican City reserves “to the Sovereign Pontiff, by means of the State Secretariat, . . . the right of representation of the Vatican State, with foreign powers, for the conclusion of treaties and for diplomatic relations.”38 A state wishing to enter into official relations only with the Vatican City would have to deal first with the Holy See.39 There also appears to be no diplomatic mission accredited to the Pope solely in his capacity as a temporal sovereign of the Vatican City40 Yet, at the same time, the Vatican City is a party to some international and bilateral agreements.

Conclusion
Because it is uncertain whether the Holy See or the Vatican City can be regarded as a state under international law, the status of the Holy See as a non-member state permanent observer in the United Nations is questionable. Moreover, there are doubts about whether, in 1964, the Holy See met the established criteria for attaining this position. If the United Nations treats the Holy See as a state with permanent observer privileges because of the Roman Catholic Church’s religious authority, the United Nations is creating a precedent for similar claims by other religions. To ensure that the United Nations does not promote one particular religious view, religious entities such as the Roman Catholic Church should not be permitted to participate in that body as non­member states.

Endnotes
1. Hyginus Eugene Cardinale, The Holy See And The International Order 85 (1976).

2. Codex luris Canonici (1917) Code c. 331: “The bishop of the Church of Rome, in whom resides the office given in a special way by the Lord to Peter, first of the Apostles and to be transmitted to his successors, is head of the college of bishops, the Vicar of Christ and Pastor of the universal Church on earth; therefore, in virtue of his office, he enjoys supreme, full, immediate and universal ordinary power in the Church, which he can always freely exercise.”

3. Robert A. Graham, Vatican Diplomacy 157-183 (1959).

4. James Crawford, The Creation of States in International Law 152 (1979).

5. Lateran Agreement, Feb. 11, 1929, Italy-Holy See, Art. XXVI, 0 VTS. 161, Europ.TS. No. 590019

6. Crawford, supra note 4, at 159; Josef Kunz, The Status of the Holy See in International Law, 46 Am. J. of Int. Law 313 (1952). Note also that the preamble to the Lateran Agreement states: A[I]t is deemed necessary to constitute Vatican City with special dispositions, . . . with exclusive and absolute power and sovereign jurisdiction over it to the Holy See.”

7. Edmund Jan Osmanczyk, Encyclopedia of the UN and International Agreements 862 (1985).

8. Crawford, supra note 4, at 154.

9 Louis Henkin, Richard Pugh, Oscar Schachter, & Hans Smit, International Law Cases and Materials 247 (3rd ed. 1993) (hereinafter “Henkin”).

10. Lateran Agreement, supra note 5, at Art. III.

11. Id. at Art. XXII.

12. Id. at Art. VI.

13. Crawford, supra note 4, at 156.

14. Hans Kelsen, Law of the United Nations 68 (1964).

15. UN. CHARTER Art. 4, para. 1.

16. Kelsen, supra note 14, at 67.

17. Crawford, supra note 4, at 156.

18. Cardinale, supra note 1, at 265.

19. Letters exchanged between the Holy See and the Secretary-General of the United Nations (Oct. 16, 1957, Oct. 29, 1957) (Discussing relations between the UN. and the Holy See).

20. There are five types of permanent observers: (1) Non-Member States; (2) Specialized Agencies of the UN. system; (3) Intergovernmental organizations not part of the UN. system; (4) National liberation movements recognized by the General Assembly; and (5) Non-governmental organizations. See R. G. Sybesma-Knol, Status of Observers in the UN. (1981).

21. Id. at 24.

22. Sybesma-Knol, supra note 20, at 33.

23. Id. at 30.

24. Pope Paul VI’s famous speech to the General Assembly includes the following statement: “Respect for life, even with regard to the great problem of birth, should find here in Your Assembly its highest affirmation and its most reasoned defence. Your must strive to multiply bread so that it suffices for the tables of mankind, and not favour an artificial control of birth, which would be irrational, in order to diminish the number of guests at the banquet of life.” Mark Shaw, Messenger Of Peace 59 (1965).

25. Id. at 27.

26. Id. at 34.

27. Id. at 35.

28. Selected Legal Opinions of the Secretariat of the United Nations and Related Inter- Governmental Organizations at 236, UN. Doc. ST/LEG/8 (1962).

29. Cardinale, supra note 1, at 260-265.

30. Osmanczyk, supra note 8, at 863.

31. Kunz, supra note 6, at 309 (the Holy See “remained, as always, a subject of general international law”); Crawford, supra note 4, at 153 (“[i]t was accordingly stated by various writers that the Holy See had no international status after 1870”); Cardinale, supra note 1, at 88 (the Holy See never lost its international juristic personality because “[between] 1870 and 1929 concordats and other agreements were signed with numerous countries, some. . . non-Catholic”); Sybesma-Knol, supra note 20, at 325 (“[it] is only logical that. . . there is some uncertainty about the legal status of these entities [such as the Holy See in international law]”); Graham, supra note 3, at 184 (“[e]ven without a state of his own, the Pope remained an international figure with an undefined standing”); Okeke, Controversial Subjects of International Law 65 (1973) (the Holy See is able to make international agreements, “one of the most effective and important evidences of personality in international law”); Henkin, supra note 9, at 299 (“[s]ome territorial entities have an international legal status though they do not easily fit into any of the established categories”).

32. Kunz, supra note 6, at 311.

33. Crawford, supra note 4, at 157.

34. Article I of the Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States, Dec. 26, 1933, 49 Stat. 3097, TS. 881, 165 L.N.TS. 19, 3 Bevans 145. This Convention was ratified by: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, United States and Venezuela.

35. For example, 201 of the Restatement of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States provides that a state is an “entity that has a defined territory and a permanent population, under the control of its own government, and that engages in, or has the capacity to engage in, formal relations with other such entities.” Restatement (Third) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States (1986).

36. Henkin, supra note 9, at 300; Graham, supra note 3, at 344-346; Crawford, supra note 4, at 152-60.

37. Graham, supra note 3, at 345.

38. Special supplement of the Aeta Apostolicae Sedis, 7 June 1929

39 Graham, supra note 3, at 345.

40. Id.; Cardinale, supra note 1, at 179-205.
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The Image of the Beast Repudiates it's Constitution


April 01, 2002 X

The American people are sound asleep. Few, if any, realize that we are living in the very last days and this includes Seventh-day Adventists who carry on business as usual every day. Somehow they don’t realize that we are in the end time.

Ellen White has tried to awaken us with these words, “Soon we shall be faced with an overwhelming surprise.” She tells us in Testimonies for the Church, Volume 8, p. 28, “Transgression has almost reached its limits. Confusion fills the world, and a great terror is soon to come upon human beings.” Are we ready for this when we are frozen with fear? Let me read it again, “A great terror is soon to come.” Maybe we would sit up and think when we are told in Malachi Martin’s book The Keys of this Blood, that Mary had told the pope that there will come a great, cataclysmic event that will bring such terror on this world that the people will arise and ask the pope to rule over them. When the devil, in the guise of Mary, says there is terror coming, and when God says that there is terror coming, we had better wake up.

Consider with me, very carefully, what I am about to bring to you. There is no greater, alarming prediction in the Spirit of Prophecy than that found in Testimonies for the Church, Volume 5, p. 451. “Our country shall repudiated every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government.” I am going to shock you when I tell you that this has already happened. No, I didn’t misstate. I repeat – it has already taken place. Do you know that since 1955, we have been living in a nation which can no longer be considered as a Republican government, for the United States is now an integral part of the United Nations, which is the New World Order. As a result, the laws of the United States have been changed every day to conform with the United Nation laws.

Do I hear you say that you find this hard to believe? Well, so did I, until I recently discovered these facts. I am going to read to you now from the Constitution, Article 6. You can go to your library and read it for yourself. “This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof, and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall become the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding.” Now this tells us that our Constitution says that if we ever make any treaties with other world powers, that they supercede the Constitution. I repeat, if our nation makes any treaty with another world power that treaty supercedes our Constitution.

Now let me give you some undisputed facts. In 1945, some 55 years ago, the United States of America, under the authority of Article 6 which I have just read, signed the United Nations treaty when Harry S. Truman, our president, signed the charter of the United Nations with the advice and consent of the United States Senate. Under the terms of Article 6, the signing of the charter of the United Nations supercedes the United States Constitution. How could we be, as a nation, so stupid? I’ll tell you why – the men who were leading this nation felt that we could always keep our Constitution because we have a veto power in the United Nations Security Council. If we felt that some new law was contrary to our Constitution we could veto it and our veto could stop it.

But, what our men overlooked was what was found in Article 25 of the United Nations treaty with the United States in which it said, “Members of nations agree to accept and carry out the decisions of the Security Council in accord with (and notice the words) the present charter .” This implied that there would be other charters that would follow. Since the veto power proved to be a hindrance to what the New World government was determined to attain, a way had to be found to circumvent the veto power of the United States. So what did they do? In 1950, the General Assembly met and adopted a new resolution, which would do away with the veto power by expanding the power of the General Assembly, making it above the Security Council. Do you see what happened?

Would you believe it, that our government, the United States of America, signed this amended charter as “the law of the world” – which overrides our Constitution. So now the General Assembly of the United Nations can make any law it chooses if two-thirds of the world governments agree, thus overriding any provision of our Constitution. Let me tell you what this means. The United States must now ignore, abolish, revise, rescind, any law of our nation which conflicts with any law that the United Nations proposes. Think of it. In other words, the veto power is no more. Today, we are living in America subject to any law which is, or will, be passed by the United Nations with a two-thirds majority vote. And may I remind you that most of the nations of the world are predominately Catholic.

No wonder the following speech, which I am going to give to you word-for-word, was given before the United States Senate. This was given by Carl B. Rix who was the president of the American Bar Association. He knows what he is talking about and this is what he said. I am reading from
the United States Congressional record, page A3220.

“Congress is no longer bound by its constitutional system of delegated powers. Its only test is under the obligatory power to promote human rights in these fields of endeavor: Civil, political, economic, social and cultural. These are found in Articles 55 and 56 of the Charter of the United Nations, a ratified and approved treaty. They are being promoted in all parts of the world by the United Nations. Congress may now legislate as an uninhibited body with no shackles of delegated powers under the Constitution. Our entire system of government of delegated power of Congress has been changed to a system of undelegated powers without amendment by the people of the United States.” And would you believe it, not one person in the Congress stood up and disagreed. They knew that the power of the Constitution was gone. Listen to what he said once more – a charter that has been ratified and an approved treaty. “Congress may now legislate as an uninhibited body with no shackles of a delegated powers under the Constitution.” It’s gone. The Constitution has already been repudiated. Are you amazed? Of course you are; you are startled.

This is what Ellen White said would happen. We would repudiate everything in the Constitution and it has been done. You will find a whole chapter concerning this, entitled “Treason in High Places” in a book entitled Behold a Pale Horse written by William Cooper in 1991 and published by Publishing Light Technology Publishing, P.O. Box 1495, Sedona, AZ 86336. The author, William Cooper, was a former United States intelligence officer and shortly after the Oklahoma City bombing (because he knew too much and revealed too much) President Clinton secured a FBI file and ordered all government agencies to prosecute him and shut him up. He was recently killed by a government SWAT team officer.

Now back to our subject. What is the United Nations, under papal control, waiting for to enact a Sunday Law to compel all to recognize the pope as above God? They are waiting for some cataclysmic event that will so totally strike terror to the citizens of the United States that they will say, “The only thing that can save us is to bow to the demands of papal Rome and keep Sunday holy . " Also they are waiting for the Protestant churches to join with Catholics in demanding of Congress to make it a law. I want to tell you that this could happen at any time. You may not be awake as to what is already taking place, but this government knows that there are thousands of its citizens who, when they see their liberties coming to an end, are going to arise in revolt. There will be bloodshed. That is why President Clinton spent 32 billion dollars to add 100,000 policemen to take care of this coming situation.

But that’s not all. I read that Satan has some plans too. He is going to bring disease and disaster. I am reading from The Great Controversy p. 589, 590 in which she writes about Satan’s coming.
“While appearing to the children of men as a great physician who can heal all their maladies, he will bring disease and disaster, until populous cities are reduced to ruin and desolation. Even now he is at work. In accidents and calamities by sea and by land, in great conflagrations, in fierce tornadoes and terrific hailstorms, in tempests, floods, cyclones, tidal waves, and earthquakes, in every place, and in a thousand forms, Satan is exercising his power. He sweeps away the ripening harvest, and famine and distress follow. He imparts to the air a deadly taint, and thousands perish by the pestilence.”

What a picture that God has given us. Why? What is Satan up to? – He is soon going to say that all these disasters are being caused by Seventh-day Adventists. Sounds unbelievable but let me read it to you in The Great Controversy p. 590.
“The great deceiver will persuade men that those who serve God are causing these evils. The class that have provoked the displeasure of Heaven will charge all their troubles upon those whose obedience to God’s commandments is a perpetual reproof to transgressors. It will be declared that men are offending God by the violation of the Sunday sabbath; that this sin has brought calamities which will not cease until Sunday observance shall be strictly enforced; and that those who present the claims of the fourth commandment, thus destroying reverence for Sunday, are the troublers of the people, preventing their restoration to divine favor and temporal prosperity.”

Beloved, there is going to be trouble in this United States like you have never seen. I heard a man just the other day on television say we are faced with coming anarchy. That’s a frightening word but did you notice that Sister White uses the same word? Listen how she uses it. “Those who honor the Bible Sabbath will be denounced as enemies of law and order, as breaking down the moral restraints of society, causing anarchy and corruption, and calling down the judgments of God upon the earth.” The Great Controversy p. 592.

If you think this is some fantasy listen carefully. While working on this sermon I received a document in the mail printed by the Vatican which was distributed by the Inter-American Division to all their workers, so it must be authentic. It is the Catholic plan to evangelize Seventh-day Adventists. There are ten points in all. I shall read only the last point under the heading of “Purpose.” I am quoting, “To make Seventh-day Adventists understand that if they do not unite with Catholics and Protestants to seek world peace they will be guilty of all the evils and/or disasters that come upon the earth.” This is exactly what God revealed will happen. Isn’t that astounding – and almost the exact words that He revealed to His prophet, Ellen White.

In just a little time it is not going to be like it is today. Are you going to be faithfully keeping the Sabbath day when the whole world is against us? Do you realize what it will take to live in this New World Order that will come under the control of the man of sin who will direct the Ecumenical movement to exterminate you? Why are we to be the brunt of all this coming trouble? We are the only people left in this world who are an obstacle for Satan to completely rule this world. Have you ever thought of that? No wonder the devil is going to go about like a roaring lion to get control of this world.

What would you do – for you will not find any help in our Constitution? It is only a memory of what it used to be; it’s gone forever. What will you do, appeal to the Supreme Court of the land? They have already publicly declared, “When religious rights clash with the government need for a uniform rule the court will side with the government.” What will you do when your own church refuses to help you – for we are told that some of our leaders will encourage us to keep Sunday? Furthermore, we are told by God’s servant they will testify against you. What will you do when you cannot buy or sell – your money will be worthless. What will you do when you are commanded to obey the pope or go to jail? Am I making this too real? I think not. There is only one thing that you can do. You must trust in God that He will keep you faithful, providing you have been a faithful servant of God keeping all of His commandments specifically keeping the seventh-day Sabbath holy week by week.
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Why did the Pilgrims come to America?


Feb 23rd, 2009

by Anthony Delgado


First let's define Pilgrims. Pilgrims are typically considered to be early protestant Christian settlers from England...

Why did the Pilgrims come to America?

First let's define Pilgrims. Pilgrims are typically considered to be early protestant Christian settlers from England. They chose to come to America to escape religious persecution from the church and from the English monarchy. At the time Protestants were forced to practice their beliefs in secrecy, otherwise they would be considered a threat to the Church and to the throne, which was far from the reality. The secret living is what caused them to make the trek to the Americas in order to escape this way of living.

Pilgrims began to migrate to the Americas in about 1620 AD. The first settlers came over on the Mayflower and landed in Plymouth. They received aid from the Native Americans and actually befriended them, a concept contrary to other settlers. These pilgrim communities are the ones that the typical Thanksgiving stories come out of.

There were more ships than just the Mayflower that came over, over many years, containing Pilgrims or Protestants. They formed communities all over the northern coast and eventually moved inland. Many of today's Amish communities are descendant of these early settlements.

Today, just as in the sixteen hundreds, Protestants as well as all religions are able to practice their religion freely, as long as the practice does not break any laws in the United States. It was the protestant migration that paved the way for early constitutionalists to include freedom of religion into the constitution even though they themselves were mostly Protestant and could have made it the national religion.

-- Why did the Pilgrims come to America?
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*Amish: Personally, I don't agree with this statement. Amish are actually descendants of German Protestants who emigrated to the U.S. (also fleeeing religious persecution) a couple of centuries later:

Amish Mennonites are a group of Christian church fellowships that form a subgroup of the Mennonite churches. The Amish are known for simple living, plain dress, and a reluctance to adopt many conveniences of modern technology.

The history of the Amish church began with a schism in Switzerland within a group of Swiss and Alsatian Anabaptists in 1693 led by Jakob Ammann.[2] Those who followed Ammann became known as Amish.[3] These followers were originally from three main places: the German-speaking parts of Switzerland, Alsace (now part of France), and the Palatinate of Germany. In the early 18th century, many Amish and Mennonites emigrated to Pennsylvania for a variety of reasons.
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Amish Mennonites began migrating to Pennsylvania in the 18th century as part of a larger migration from the Palatinate and neighboring areas. This migration was a reaction to religious wars, poverty, and religious persecution on the Continent. The Amish congregations remaining in Europe slowly merged with the Mennonites. Most Amish communities that were established in North America did not ultimately retain their Amish identity. Many of these eventually united with the Mennonite Church, and other Mennonite denominations, especially in the early 20th century. The more traditionally minded groups became known as the Old Order Amish.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amish
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Opt Out Boycott?


Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) has been implemented (imposed) on the travelling public during the last two weeks just in time for the holly-daze.

With the dawn of the increased security and the rise of encroachment on privacy many people opt-out for an 'enhanced' pat-down procedure when flying 'domestically', or on international flights.

A Nationwide Opt Out Boycott was scheduled for Nov. 24, 2010, the busiest travel day in the year. Fliers were to opt-out for the Enhanced pat-down technique, instead of walking through the AIT electronic screeners as a protest; This would would slow down airport boarding procedures.

Well, what happened? Tempus Fugit? What about principle?

Meanwhile, overseas in England, in France, and in Greece, people take their protests seriously.

These are the same Europeans that the envious Social Scientists Globalist Politically Correct Green Movement proponents regularly refer to when comparing our lack of Socialized Medical Entitlements, or lack of High-Speed Bullet Trains, or our reluctance to legalize drugs like the 'enlightened Europeans' have done.

Let's be aware that these same Europeans don't take Draconian Legislation lying down. They put their money where there mouth is! They're not going for it!

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Student protests: pupil walkouts staged across Britain
Schoolchildren join clamour against tuition fees and take placards to the streets

Steven Morris, Martin Wainwright, Adam Gabbatt, Helen Carter guardian.co.uk,

Wednesday 24 November 2010 19.52 GMT

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/nov/24/tuition-fees-protest

Recently:
French gov’t passes retirement age hike
Workers anticipate more attacks

http://www.themilitant.com/2010/7443/index.shtml

Rubbish piles up in Athens as strike enters day 5
DPA/Athens

Riot police try to disperse striking municipality garbage collectors during an anti-government rally in Athens yesterday

Heaps of rubbish clogged the streets of the Greek capital Athens on Tuesday as workers continued their strike for the fifth straight day to demand better pay and job security.

Municipal waste collectors in the city and surrounding region, which is home to nearly 5mn people, last week extended their strike to midnight today.

Residents were being forced to navigate their way past dumpsters overflowing with rubbish, rats and rotting food...

http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=400501&version=1&template_id=39&parent_id=21

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Meanwhile, back in the Land of the Free: Air-Travel for Thanksgiving goes without a hitch.

If you opt-out for driving because all of the intrusive mind-control (conditioning) measures; What will you do when they have enhanced screenings at check points on the highways and turnpikes?.

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Work Begins on "Mount Rush More" to Honor American Political Leaders Who Rammed Through Massive Legislation

Tuesday, November 16, 2010




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White House pardons a Turkey for Thanksgiving


Birthdays and Baal Worship


August 30, 2010 by Sabbath Sermons

By Christine Godfrey

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Only Three Birthday Parties Are Mentioned In the Scriptures


1. And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants. Genesis 40:20

2. But when Herod’s birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod. Matthew 14:6

…looking forward to the royal birthday, which she [Herodias] knew would be an occasion of gluttony and intoxication. 2SP 76

3. And his sons went and feasted [in their] houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

And it was so, when the days of [their] feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings [according] to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually. Job 1:4-5.

Is there any significance attached to the fact that Jesus gave no example of celebrating his birthday? The only examples in scripture of Birthday celebrations are of two men that were directly opposed to God. That’s what got me wondering in the light of the words from Corinthians that all these things were examples for us upon whom the ends of the world are come. How sad it would be if I as professed follower of Christ read and studied these stories and failed to apply these things to my lives and when Jesus comes in the clouds of heaven hear His voice say to me. I never knew you.

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The Elijah Message


Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.


Malachi 4:5,6.



The Elijah Message



--In this age, just prior to the second coming of Christ in the clouds of heaven, God calls for men who will prepare a people to stand in the great day of the Lord. Just such a work as that which John did, is to be carried on in these last days. The Lord is giving messages to His people, through the instruments He has chosen, and He would have all heed the admonitions and warnings He sends. The message preceding the public ministry of Christ was, Repent, publicans and sinners; repent, Pharisees and Sadducees; "for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Our message is not to be one of peace and safety. As a people who believe in Christ's soon appearing, we have a definite message to bear,--"Prepare to meet thy God."

Our message must be as direct as was that of John. He rebuked kings for their iniquity. Notwithstanding the peril his life was in, he never allowed truth to languish on his lips. Our work in this age must be as faithfully done. . . .

In this time of well-nigh universal apostasy, God calls upon His messengers to proclaim His law in the spirit and power of Elias. As John the Baptist, in preparing a people for Christ's first advent, called their attention to the Ten Commandments, so we are to give, with no uncertain sound, the message: "Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come." With the earnestness that characterized Elijah the prophet and John the Baptist, we are to strive to prepare the way for Christ's second advent (SW March 21, 1905). {4BC 1184.8}
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

The Developing Image of the Beast


March 01, 2002
By Elder Lawrence Nelson

I shall read two astounding statements that should stimulate every Seventh-day Adventist to speedily prepare for the enactment of the image of the beast in America, as foretold in Revelation 13. The first quote is taken from The Washington Times of April 16, 2001, p.A02. “In 1960 John Kennedy went from Washington to Texas to assure Protestant preachers that he would not obey the Pope. In 2001 George Bush came from Texas up to Washington to assure a group of Catholic bishops that he would obey the Pope.” And what did John Kennedy get for his honesty and true leadership? – A bullet in the head.

The second quote is taken from the Catholic paper called Peter’s Voice. It reveals the same determination by President George W. Bush to obey the Pope. In his speech, given during the opening of the John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington, Bush said, “The best way to honor Pope John Paul II, truly one of the great men, is to take his teachings seriously; to listen to his words, and put his words and teachings into action here in America.” And what has George Bush to gain from such a promise? – Approval and support from the Papacy in the development of an image to the beast.

This brings to mind the warning from the Holy Spirit through His servant, Ellen White, when she wrote in Testimonies for the Church, Volume 1, p. 451, “When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, [then], under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehood and delusions.”

Let us pray. Our loving Father, we have learned that the President of the greatest Protestant nation on earth is committed to surrender Protestantism to Catholic doctrine. We are about to be plunged into the affliction and distress of Jacob’s Trouble. We pray that Thou wilt give us the fullness of Thy Holy Spirit, that we may seize the remaining freedom that we still have to prepare for the final conflict. In the name of Jesus, we ask, Amen.

This sermon is based on God’s word found in Revelation 13:11-18. “And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,

“And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

“And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.”

The purpose of this study is to reveal the notable trends now taking place in the United States of America in the development of an image to the beast. We must know what to expect when the image becomes fully developed. I do not have time in this presentation to give full proof as to who the beast and his image is. The details are clearly presented in my book The Antichrist , in which each of the following inspired indictments are proven, revealing that the papal power is the beast of Revelation 13. And the United States of America is to become the image of the beast.

I will list twelve indisputable Bible facts as to who the beast is.

1. It was to arise among ten divisions of the Roman empire (Daniel 7:8).

2. It was to destroy three of the ten kingdoms (Daniel 7:8).

3. It would speak great words against the most high (Daniel 7:25; Revelation 13:6).

4. It would wear out the saints of the Most High (Daniel 7:25; Revelation 13:7).

5. It would be guilty of blasphemy (Revelation 13:6, Daniel 7:25).

6. It would attempt to change the divine law of God (Daniel 7:25).

7. It would exercise its power over all kindreds, tongues and nations (Revelation 13:7).

8. The dragon would give him his power, his seat, and his great authority to this beast (Revelation 13:2).

9. It was to continue in world domination for a period of 1260 years (Revelation 13:5; Daniel 7:25).

10. It would then receive a mortal wound (Revelation 13:3).

11. It would amaze the whole world for its deadly wound would be healed (Revelation 13:30).

12. This beast has a mark of its authority. Anyone who refuses to honor this mark will be persecuted and finally sentenced to death. (Revelation 13:15-18).

We are also given the following identification of the image of the beast: It must appear among the nations of the world as a world power when the deadly wound was inflicted in 1798 (Revelation 13:10, 11). Unlike all previous world powers ruling over nations and peoples, this image must begin to develop in a region of the world where no civilization existed (Revelation 13:11). The image would begin with dual power symbolized by its two horns representing a government of Republicanism and Protestantism (Revelation 13:11). But the image would change its form of government, and the laws providing individual freedom, to that of a government based on the power of the dragon in which the world would once more be forced to obey the antichrist or be killed (Revelation 13:11,15). And to remove any possible doubt God has given us the number 666 which identifies the beast to which the image is to be made (Revelation 13:18).

At this point it would be well to examine the dictatorial power of the beast which the world experienced during the Dark Ages for some 1260 years under the iron hand of the papacy. Divine inspiration has revealed that the image of the beast will force the people of the world to once again live as subjects of this beast power under which all freedoms will be revoked until Jesus comes.

First, let us consider what the daily life was like during the Dark Ages of the papal rule. We shall start with how this evil power came into existence. I’m going to quote from the papacy, which tells us as follows: “Long ages ago, when Rome, through the neglect of the western emperors, was left to the mercy of the barbarous hoards, the Romans turned to one figure for aid and protection and asked him to rule them. And thus, in this simple manner the best title of all to kingly right commenced the temporal sovereignty of the popes. And meekly stepping to the throne of the Caesar, the Vicar of Christ took up the scepter to which the emperors and kings of Europe were to bow in reverence through so many ages.” James P. Conroy in The American Catholic Quarterly Review of April, 1911.

As a result of this power, and her attempt to force everyone to accept the teachings of the state church, Europe was bathed continually in a wave of persecution. History has recorded these conditions for us as follows: “The horrors of the Inquisition, ordered and maintained by the popes over a period of 500 years in which unnumbered millions were tortured and burned, constitute the most brutal, beastly and devilish picture in all history.” Halley’s Bible Handbook , printed in Grand Rapids, MI by Zondervan Publishing House in 1965, p. 731, 732.

This beast power that ruled the world is seen today in a vastly different light than now professed, as you read this letter written by Pope Nicholas in the year 1860, to the king of Bulgaria. “A king need not fear to command massacres when these will retain his subjects in obedience, or cause them to submit to the faith of Christ, and God will reward him in this world and in eternal life for these murders. We order you, in the name of religion, to invade his states, burn his cities and massacre his people.” This letter was taken from the book A Woman Rides the Beast by Dave Hunt, printed in Eugene, Oregon by the Harvest House Publishers in 1994, p. 153.

In the book Great Controversy p. 234 – 236 inspiration reveals the following, “The first triumphs of the Reformation past, Rome summoned new forces, hoping to accomplish its destruction. At this time the order of the Jesuits was created, the most cruel, unscrupulous, and powerful of all the champions of popery. Cut off from earthly ties and human interests, dead to the claims of natural affection, reason and conscience wholly silenced, they knew no rule, no tie, but that of their order, and no duty but to extend its power….There was no crime too great for them to commit, no deception too base for them to practice, no disguise too difficult for them to assume. Vowed to perpetual poverty and humility, it was their studied aim to secure wealth and power, to be devoted to the overthrow of Protestantism, and the reestablishment of papal supremacy. When appearing as members of their order, they wore a garb of sanctity,…but under this blameless exterior the most criminal and deadly purposes were often concealed.

“It was a fundamental principle of the order that the end justified the means. By this code, lying, theft, perjury, assassinations, were not only pardonable but commendable, when they served the interest of the church. Under various disguises the Jesuits worked their way into offices of state, climbing up to be the counselors of kings, and shaping the policy of nations. They became servants to act as spies upon their masters….The Jesuits rapidly spread themselves over Europe, and wherever they went, there followed a revival of popery. To give them greater power, a bull was issued re-establishing the inquisition…and atrocities too terrible to bear the light of day were repeated in its secret dungeons….Such were the means which Rome had invoked to quench the light of the Reformation, to withdraw from men the Bible, and to restore the ignorance and superstition of the Dark Ages.”

As the Reformation developed so also the persecution of Protestants increased. Life became so terrible under the Jesuits of Rome that many people decided to flee from Europe to another country. Thus we find the Pilgrim fathers fleeing to America, to a land where they hoped to find the freedom their hearts longed for.

We read in Revelation 13:11 concerning America’s rise to world power, “I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb.” This new world power, the United States, was represented as having two horns like a lamb. Throughout the Bible, horns stand for power and kingdoms, but these lamb-like horns were uncrowned. When our Pilgrim fathers landed here and began to build a government they saw to it that it was different than those of Europe. They founded the government of the United States of America on the Christian principles of civil and religious freedom. Church and state were to be separated. This is the secret of democracy. What the world had not seen for centuries was a state without a king and a church without a pope. Republicanism and Protestantism were the foundations of this country.

Ellen White had this to say, “The lamb-like horns indicate youth, innocence, and gentleness, fitly representing the character of the United States when presented to the prophet as ‘coming up’ in 1798…. Republicanism and Protestantism became the fundamental principles of the nation. These principles are the secret of its power and prosperity. The oppressed and down-trodden throughout Christendom have turned to this land with interest and hope. Millions have sought its shores, and the United States has risen to a place among the most powerful nations of the earth.” Great Controversy p. 441.

The Constitution of the United States guarantees these great concepts. Let me briefly review the facts. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Declaration of Independence. “The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government.” Article 4. Section 4 of The Constitution of the United States . “No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.” Article 6. The First Amendment provides further guarantees of freedom. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” Bill of Rights Article 1.

But now consider this: What I am about to say sounds unbelievable but it is a fact. The papal church hates the Constitution of the United States for it is contrary to every political aim of the papacy. In the book Fifty Years in the Church of Rome , p. 284, Charles Chiniquy, a former priest, in seven statements he clearly reveals the papal differences from that of the government of the United States. And furthermore, what the Vatican plans to do when she seizes control of America. Listen carefully:

1. The most sacred principles of the United States Constitution is the equality of every citizen before the law, but the fundamental principle of the Church of Rome is the denial of that equality.

2. Liberty of conscience is proclaimed by the United States; a most sacred principle which every citizen must uphold even at the price of his blood. But liberty of conscience is declared by all the popes and councils of Rome as a most godless, unholy and diabolical thing which every good Catholic must abhor and destroy at any cost.

3. The American constitution assures the absolute independence of the civil from the ecclesiastical (or church) power. But the Church of Rome declares through all her pontiffs and councils that such independence is an impiety and a revolt against God.

4. The American constitution leaves every man free to serve God according to the dictates of his conscience. But the Church of Rome declares that no man has ever had such a right, and that the pope alone can know and say what man must believe and do.

5. The constitution of the United States denies the right to anybody to punish any other for differing from him in religion. But the Church of Rome says that she has the right to punish, with the confiscation of their goods or the penalty of death, those who differ in faith from the pope.

6. The United States have established schools all over immense territories where they invite the people to send their children that they may cultivate their intelligence and become good and useful citizens. But the Church of Rome has publicly stated that these schools are forbidden and children attend them under pain of excommunication in this world and damnation in the next.

7. The constitution of the United States is based on the principle that the people are the primary source of all civil power. But hundreds of times the Church of Rome has proclaimed that this principle is impious and heretical. She says all governments must rest upon the foundation of the Catholic faith with the pope alone as the legitimate and infallible source and interpreter of the law.

By now I trust you have become fully awake for there is no question as to the intent of the papacy as we read the following unimpeachable documents from which I quote. “The Church is, of necessity, intolerant. Heresy she endures when and where she must, but she hates it and directs all her energy to destroy it. If Catholics ever gain a sufficient, numerical majority in this country religious freedom is at an end. So our enemies say, so we believe.” The Shepherd of the Valley ,the official journal of the Bishop of St. Louis, on November 23, 1851. Again, “No man has a right to choose his religion.” New York Freedom , official journal of the Bishop Hughes, January 26, 1852. I continue, “The church does not, and cannot accept, or in any degree favor liberty in the Protestant sense of liberty.” The Catholic World , April 1870.

I hope you are beginning to think this through carefully. Note, the Vatican condemned the Declaration of Independence as wickedness and called the Constitution of the United States a “satanic document.” (Taken from the book, Footprints of the Jesuits by R. W. Thompson in New York, printed by Hunt and Eaton in 1894 p. 146.)

This great statesman and patriot, Richard W. Thompson, was at that time the Secretary of the Navy of the United States. In his admirable work The Papacy and Civil Power , in which he states, “Nothing is plainer than this. If the principles of the Church of Rome prevail here our Constitution would necessarily fall; the two cannot exist together.”

Then from The Freedom’s Journal, the official journal of the Bishop of New York, we read, “We will rule the United States and lay them at the feet of the Vicar of Jesus Christ that he may put an end to their godless system of education, and impious laws of liberty of conscience which are an insult to God and man.”

Now these quotations reveal the real purpose of papal power in their determination to control America. I again quote from the ex-Secretary of the United States Navy in his book Footprints of the Jesuits , p. 29. “They believe that the conditions of mankind during the Middle Ages, (that the pope’s Dark Ages) staggering under the weight of feudal oppression, were preferable to modern progress and enlightenment; that human happiness would be promoted by a return to that period.” What astounding information! Can you imagine the plans of the Vatican to change our way of life to that of the Dark Ages? No wonder the Bible describes what is to come in this world as ‘a time of trouble such as never was.’ Daniel 12:1.

Now I want you to join with me in some very serious thinking about the developing of this power here in America. The beginning of the formation of the image to the beast started when Ronald Reagan was president and he sent an ambassador from the United States to the Vatican. Consider this quote, “The appointment of the pope’s nuncio (that’s an ambassador) to Washington as a result of the high treason of President Ronald Reagan, informally recognizing the sovereign state of the Vatican City, in 1984, with Knight of Malta, William Wilson, being the first legal ambassador to the Vatican since America severed all relations in 1867 as a result of the Jesuit black hand in the Lincoln assassination, could be compared to the instillation of a foreign general obeying orders of the head of an aggressive alien state. The nuncio will also become the arbitrator between the two major political parties of America. Both Republican and Democratic parties, from now on, must be extremely attentive to the reaction of the papal nuncio. Political wooing would be done at the papal nunciature in Washington, the political center of the Catholic Church in the United States. Politically she is looming ever larger at the White House. She is a power in the Senate, a force at the Pentagon, an invisible secret agent at the FBI, the most subtle, intangible, prime mover of the US wheel within a wheel, the Central Intelligence Agency.” The Vatican Moscow Washington Alliance by Avro Manhattan, 1986, p. 353, 354.

We have been told by inspiration that the last movements will be rapid ones. Any Bible student must be amazed as George Bush started his presidential campaign by a papal visit to the Pope. Five days after election to office, President Bush paid a visit to Washington Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick. Next he flies to Miami to visit Archbishop John Favalora, then back to Pittsburgh to see Bishop Donald Wood, and then to Philadelphia so he could visit Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, then swinging to St. Louis for a visit to Archbishop Justin Rigali.

But that’s not all. On his first trip to New York he awards the Congressional gold metal to the late Cardinal John O’Connor and later that month Bush meets with Pope John Paul II the second time. How amazing the actions of our president of the greatest Protestant nation on earth. On March 21 Bush entertained more than 120 Catholic leaders in the East Room of the White House. The next day he surrounded himself with cardinals, reaffirmed his opposition to abortion and he presided over the ribbon-cutting at the museum named for Pope John Paul II. I ask you, are you getting the picture? Is it any wonder that I could hardly believe my eyes when I read President Bush’s words, “The best way to honor Pope John Paul II is to listen to his words and put his words and teachings into action here in America.”

What did the scriptures state in Revelation 13:14 concerning the United States of America? – “That they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.” At this point it would be well to see how the emerging image to the beast has reacted to the recent terrorist attack in New York City. Immediately after the terrorist attack on September 11 in New York City a declaration of war was supported by all but one member of Congress, with 24 standing ovations during President Bush’s speech to the joint members of Congress. The president did not call on Congress to declare war, he did this himself, and declared it will be a long and difficult war.

In the light of Revelation 13 you must be amazed that the image has now reached such power that its word is almost law to most of the nations of the world. Immediately Saudi Arabia and the United Arab countries severed diplomatic relations with Afghanistan. Even nations considered as our enemies, such as China and Russia, joined in the coalition. All nations on earth were challenged to join the United States or suffer the consequences.

Financial institutions were commanded by President Bush to cease all dealings with the terrorists and their organizations. Every nation was commanded to do so, or they would be cut off from the world’s largest economy. The seven richest nations of the world complied, revealing that the image has now become so powerful that its word is law to which every nation on earth must follow. President Bush implied such power when he said, “Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists.”

It is also apparent that the citizens of the United States are now ready to sacrifice their civil liberties to win this war. Attorney General John Ashcroft of the Justice Department has asked congress for greater power which can only mean the people will lose much of their liberty. Ellen White clearly states that the time would come when every article of the Constitution would be made void.

From the recent Remnant Herald of November, 2001 I quote the following, “In his video, ‘Prophecy and the New Times’ (that’s in 1997) Ted Flynn, the Roman Catholic devotee of Mary, reported that in an apparition Mary stated that terrible disasters were about to strike America. She stated that they were the result of sin and that the only solution was for Americans to return to God. The solution offered was to close all shops on Sunday, to ban sporting fixtures on Sunday, to attend Mass and Confession, and to say the Rosary.”

Make no mistake, such deceptions of Satan will play a pivotal role in turning secular mankind to religion but they will not sanctify the soul. A religious zeal will ensue. How easily this will generate Sunday laws as a means of regaining divine favor. Such religious zealots, unsanctified in heart, will not hesitate to persecute faithful seventh-day keepers in a vain effort to restore security and prosperity. Already the United States Supreme Court in 1961 by an 8-1 decision ruled that Sunday laws do not violate the First Amendment of the US Constitution which guarantees religious liberty. (See Warren Johns , Dateline Sunday USA , Pacific Press, 1967, p. 119 – 159.)

In 1990, the Supreme Court by a 5-4 majority in the case of Smith vs. the State of Oregon “went far beyond the case and declared that when religious rights clash with the government’s need for uniform rules, the court will side with the government.” Los Angeles Times , April 18, 1990. Anyone can see day by day the fulfilling of Revelation 13: 15-17. Surely the image to the beast is beginning to flex its muscle.

Never were the words of the Spirit of Prophecy so meaningful. “The nations are in unrest. Times of perplexity are upon us. Men’s hearts are failing them for fear of the things that are coming upon the earth. But those who believe in God will hear His voice amid the storm, saying, ‘It is I; be not afraid.’” Signs of the Times , October 9, 1901. Inspiration warns us of what is soon to take place. “The tempest is coming, and we must get ready for its fury by having repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. The Lord will arise to shake terribly the earth. We shall see troubles on all sides. Thousands of ships will be hurled into the depths of the sea. Navies will go down, and human lives will be sacrificed by millions. Fires will break out unexpectedly, and no human effort will be able to quench them. The palaces of earth will be swept away in the fury of the flames. Disasters by rail will become more and more frequent; confusion, collision, and death without a moment’s warning will occur on the great lines of travel. The end is near, probation is closing. Oh let us seek God while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near!” Messages to Young People p. 89, 90.

“In the last scenes of this earth’s history, war will rage. There will be pestilence, plague, and famine. The waters of the deep will overflow their boundaries. Properties and life will be destroyed by fire and flood. We should be preparing for the mansions that Christ has gone to prepare for them that love Him.” Maranatha p. 174.

“The end is near, and every city is to be turned upside down every way. There will be confusion in every city. Everything that can be shaken is to be shaken, and we do not know what will come next. The judgments will be according to the wickedness of the people and the light of truth that they have had.” Manuscripts 1, p. 248, 249. “O that God’s people had a sense of the impending destruction of thousands of cities, now almost given to idolatry.” Evangelism p. 29. While God is holding back the winds of strife, let us work with greater diligence and sacrifice for our Lord. “In the great closing work we shall meet with perplexities that we know not how to deal with, but let us not forget that the three great powers of heaven are working, that a divine hand is on the wheel, and that God will bring His purposes to pass.” Evangelism p. 65.

“I asked my accompanying angel the meaning of what I had heard, and what the four angels were about to do. He said to me that it was God that restrained the powers, and that He gave His angels charge over things on the earth; that the four angels had power from God to hold the four winds, and that they were about to let them go; but while their hands were loosening, and the four winds were about to blow, the merciful eye of Jesus gazed on the remnant that were not sealed, and He raised His hands to the Father and pleaded with Him that He had spilled His blood for them. Then another angel was commissioned to fly swiftly to the four angels and bid them hold, until the servants of God were sealed with the seal of the living God in their foreheads.” Early Writings p. 38.

“My dear brethren and sisters, let the commandments of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ be in your minds continually and let them crowd out worldly thoughts and cares. When you lie down and when you rise up, let them be your meditation. Live and act wholly in reference to the coming of the Son of man. The sealing time is very short and will soon be over. Now is the time, while the four angels are holding the four winds, to make our calling and election sure.” Early Writings p. 58.

Let us pray, Our loving Father, as we see the image of the beast actually forming before our eyes, give us courage to be faithful and to daily be ready for the final test. In the name of Jesus, we ask, Amen.
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Experts: Mystery contrail was from Chinese missile

Monday, November 22, 2010
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Experts: Mystery contrail was from Chinese missile
'Muted response' was decision 'made by the president himself'

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Contrail was recorded in this image by KCBS-KCAL in California


Although the U.S. Defense Department and North American Aerospace Defense Command have speculated publicly that the unidentified contrail of a projectile soaring into the skies off the California coast – and recorded by a KCBS television crew – came from a jet and posed no security threat to the U.S., several experts are raising provocative and disturbing questions about the government's official response, reports Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.

Two governmental military experts with extensive experience working with missiles and computer security systems have examined the television video and conclude the mysterious contrail originating some 30 miles off the coast near Los Angeles did not come from a jet – but rather, they say the exhaust and the billowing plume emanated from a single source nozzle of a missile, probably made in China.

They further suggest the missile was fired from a submerged Chinese nuclear submarine off America's coast, and point out that the timing of the alleged Chinese missile shot coincided with an increasing confrontation between the U.S. and China, and was likely meant to send a message to Washington.

Indeed, the Federal Aviation Administration documents that there were no aircraft flying in the area at that time, the night of Nov. 8.

"The question that still must be answered is why NORAD's muted response was simply that North America was not threatened, and later our government approved the lame excuse that the picture recorded was simply an aircraft leaving a contrail," said retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Jim Cash.

A former U.S. Air Force fighter pilot and commander of an F-15 squadron and an F-16 wing, Cash was assigned to NORAD as an assistant director of operations at the Cheyenne Mountain complex near Colorado Springs, Colo., and is fully knowledgeable of NORAD procedures.

"There is absolutely no doubt that what was captured on video off the coast of California was a missile launch, was clearly observed by NORAD, assessed by a four-star general in minutes, and passed to the president immediately," he said.

Even more ominously, cautioned Cash: "We must question the timing of this shot across our bow. The president was abroad being diplomatic, which means trying to placate China which is becoming overly concerned with our handling a totally out-of-control deficit in spending."

Wayne Madsen, a former naval officer who has worked at the National Security Agency and the Naval Data Automation Command, said the inability to pick up what he described as a Chinese Jin-class submarine-launched ballistic missile isn't the first time U.S. Navy anti-submarine warfare sensors have failed.

Madsen, who today is an investigative journalist, said the Pentagon is working "overtime with the media and on the Internet to cover up the latest debacle. However, even some reporters who cover the Pentagon full-time are beginning to question the Pentagon's version of events ... over the skies west of Los Angeles."

Dr. Lyle J. Rapacki of Sentinel Intelligence Services, LLC, said the contrail incident off the Los Angeles coast is "fraught with peril" due to the defense systems and protocols in place that should have detected the alleged submarine.

"The decision to officially announce that North America was not threatened," he said, "and all the excitement was due to an aircraft leaving a contrail is a decision that reaches beyond the four-star general level and goes directly to a decision made by the commander-in-chief."

G2 Bulletin calls to the Pentagon and NORAD for comment beyond previous official statements were not returned.
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North Korean Artillery Attack on a Southern Island


Red Alert: North Korean Artillery Attack on a Southern Island
November 23, 2010

North Korea and South Korea have reportedly traded artillery fire Nov. 23 across the disputed Northern Limit Line (NLL) in the Yellow Sea to the west of the peninsula. Though details are still sketchy and unconfirmed, South Korean news reports indicate that around 2:30 p.m. local time, North Korean artillery shells began landing in the waters around Yongpyeongdo, one of the South Korean-controlled islands just south of the NLL. North Korea has reportedly fired as many as 200 rounds, some of which struck the island, injuring at least 10 South Korean soldiers, damaging buildings, and setting fire to a mountainside. South Korea responded by firing some 80 shells of its own toward North Korea, dispatching F-16 fighter jets to the area, and raising the military alert to its highest level.

South Korean President Lee Myung Bak has convened an emergency cabinet meeting, and Seoul is determining whether to evacuate South Koreans working at inter-Korean facilities in North Korea. The barrage from North Korea was continuing at 4 p.m. Military activity appears to be ongoing at this point, and the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff are meeting on the issue. No doubt North Korea’s leadership is also convening.

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Why Kennedy was assassinated on Friday, Nov. 22, 1963



While riding in an open motorcade, President Kennedy was shot in Dealy Plaza on Friday, Nov. 22, 1963 at 12:30 p.m. The crowds were cheering. There was a great scene of rejoicing as the president of the United States made his way through downtown Dallas. It seemed as if everyone was smiling in those waving thousands. But presently, shots rang out, and President Kennedy, a short while later, lay dead at the Parkland Memorial Hospital.


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DNR: Four Hunters Shot During Opening

Posted Sunday November 21, 2010 1 day, 22 hours ago


courtesy of FOX 11



MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - The opening day of the gun-deer season was pretty hard on the hunters.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is investigating 4 shootings involving hunters.

Near ideal conditions meant big numbers of hunters in the field Saturday. In Wood County, one hunter trying to shoot a deer hit another hunter instead. That accident happened near Arpin. The victim is reported to be in serious condition.

A 40-year-old Edgar man was shot in the chest near the town of Wien in Marathon County about 2 hours later.

A hunter in Door County was hit in the thigh and, in Marquette County, a deer hunter was grazed by a bullet.

Wildlife managers and conservation warden say they heard fewer shots but more single shots rather than repeated shots, including that visual conditions were excellent and many hunters were probably taking a deer with a single shot. This is a change from 2009, when dense fog covered much of the state opening morning, and there was still a lot of corn left out in fields.

A small amount of snow still covered the ground in far northwestern and north central Wisconsin, which further improved hunting and tracking conditions in that area.

Wardens also say numerous reports indicate bucks are still pursuing does, reinforcing the rut, or white-tailed deer mating season, was still in progress. Many of the bucks being registered had swollen necks, another indication that the rut was still taking place.

With fewer antlerless permits available in about half of the state, and no antlerless permits available at all in areas of northeastern Wisconsin, many registration stations were reporting many bucks being brought in.
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German Chancellor tells people to openly support Christian values


Posted on 19 November 2010

In the wake of Muslim immigration issues, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said recently that Germany’s problem is not “too much Islam,” but “too little Christianity,” and said people should give more importance to their Christian values and heritage.

In her address to the Christian Democratic Union party, which she heads, she said that amid the failure of opposition leftist-approved multiculturalism, there is a window of opportunity for the ruling party to stand up for its convictions, Reuters reported.

According to Reuters Merkel said, “We don’t have too much Islam, we have too little Christianity. We have too few discussions about the Christian view of mankind.”

She also cited the need for public dialogue “about the values that guide us (and) about our Judeo-Christian tradition. We have to stress this again with confidence, then we will also be able to bring about cohesion in our society,” Reuters reported.

The issue of Muslim integration came to a fore through a bestseller by Thilo Sarrazin, formerly with the board of Bundesbank. In his controversial book, Deutschland Shafft Sich ab, (Germany does away with itself), Sarrazin said Germany is dumbing down culturally, biologically and professionally, The Economist reported.

Sarrazin blamed this on the shrinking population of the country, the fact that the lower class and immigrants are having too many children, and because there are too few native, well educated Germans, The Economist said.

Although Germany’s economy is performing very well right now, for Sarrazin, these factors do not bode well for the country’s future. His book sparked a strong anti-immigrant line against some 16 million immigrants, including four million Muslims, The Economist reported.

Sarrazin noted that many immigrants drop out of school and live on welfare, with some forming “parallel societies,” and a few who “actively plot harm against their German neighbors,” according to The Economist.

Middle road

Amid this scenario, Merkel appears to be seeking a middle road compared to more conservative allies who would like to stop the inflow of immigrants from Muslim countries and would like to place more emphasis on integrating immigrants who are already in the country into German society, Reuters said.

German President Christian Wulff, who is a Christian Democrat, worsened the controversy when he said Islam “belongs to Germany,” Reuters said. However, when he visited Turkey recently he also reminded them that Christianity has a place in Turkey, The Economist said.

According to The Economist, German business is eager for more immigration and is not concerned where it comes from so long as the people have useful skills. Currently, the government is fashioning a law to facilitate recognition of the professional qualifications of hundreds of thousands of immigrants so that they won’t just be “cleaning houses.”

Merkel has been strident in her commentary on immigration of late, but has carefully avoided the harder line of the Christian Social Union which is the CDU’s Bavarian party ally, according to Reuters.

Merkel seeks to pass a resolution to stress the Judeo-Christian roots of German identity, and the ancient Enlightenment philosophy that is part of the country’s history, according to Reuters.

Opponents say this could marginalize Islam, Reuters said. Merkel disagreed, however. The cultural identity of Germany would not limit religious freedom. At the same time, the principle of religious freedom must apply equally for Christians who are minorities in Muslim countries, Reuters reported.

According to Reuters, Merkel said, “Of course, we’re for freedom to practice one’s faith. But that also means religious freedom cannot stop at our borders. That applies also for Christians in other countries around the world.”
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